Virginia D. Smith
American politician (1911–2006)
Virginia D. Smith
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Member of the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
from Nebraska 's 3rd district |
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In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1991 |
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Preceded by | David Martin |
Succeeded by | Bill Barrett |
Personal details | |
Born |
Virginia Dodd
June 30, 1911 Randolph, Iowa |
Died |
January 23, 2006
(2006-01-23)
(aged
94)
Sun City West, Arizona |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Haven N. Smith
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m.
1931
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died
1997
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Virginia Dodd Smith (June 30, 1911 – January 23, 2006) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1991 from the Third Congressional District of Nebraska . She was the first and to date only woman from Nebraska to hold a seat in the House.
Before serving in Congress, Smith chaired the American Farm Bureau Women for twenty years. [1]
Congress
Smith was elected to succeed Representative Dave Martin in 1974. In the year of Watergate , she defeated her Democratic opponent Wayne Ziebarth by just 737 votes. However, she never faced another contest anywhere near that close, and was reelected seven more times from what has long been one of the most Republican districts in the nation. Proving just how Republican this district was, her lowest vote share apart from her initial bid was 69 percent in 1986, and she even ran unopposed in 1982. [ citation needed ]
Death
She died in 2006 in Sun City West, Arizona at the age of 94. She is buried in Iowa alongside her husband, Haven, who died in 1997.
See also
References
- ↑ Barone, Michael ; Ujifusa, Grant (1983). The Almanac of American Politics 1984 . National Journal . p. 701.
- Dan Balz. "Indiana Democrat Wins House Panel's Support." 04/24/1985. Washington Post. p. A4.
- Judith Havemann. "2 in GOP Try to Block Pay Raise for Congress." Washington Post. 01/07/1987. p. A14.
- George C. Wilson. "Funding for MX Survives on Tied Committee Vote." Washington Post. 12/03/1982. p. A1.
- Entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives. Office of the Clerk. Election Statistics.
- Who's Who in America , 1984–1985
- http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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